deploy.yml

name: mkdocs_build_deploy

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main  # Set the branch you want to trigger the workflow on

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: 3.8  # Choose the Python version you need

    - name: Cache dependencies
      uses: actions/cache@v2
      with:
        path: |
          ~/.cache/pip
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/*.lock') }}
        restore-keys: |
          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-

    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions

    - name: Build MkDocs
      run: mkdocs build --clean

    - name: Create and force push to documentation branch
      run: |
        git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
        git config user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
        
        # Your existing script to force push to the documentation branch

        
        git fetch --all
    
        # Check if there are any local changes
        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
        # If there are changes, commit them
        git add .
        git commit -m "Committing local changes before switching branches"
        else
        echo "No local changes to commit."
        fi
        
        git checkout production

        # Remove files and directories from the production branch
        git rm -r --ignore-unmatch */*

        git checkout main -- site

        
        # git mv site docs
        git add -A
        git commit -m "Content update"
        
        git push